Swimming and Diving Distance Conversion Chart

This conversion chart may be used for seeding and qualifying times but not national records.

Girls

Yard/Meter

Meter/Yard

200 Medley Relay

1.116

0.8961

200 Freestyle

1.108

0.9025

200 Individual Medley

1.110

0.9009

50 Freestyle

1.115

0.8969

100 Butterfly

1.111

0.9001

100 Freestyle

1.112

0.8993

500 Freestyle/400 Freestyle

0.8772

1.140

200 Freestyle Relay

1.117

0.8953

100 Backstroke

1.111

0.9001

100 Breaststroke

1.112

0.8993

400 Freestyle Relay

1.114

0.8977

Boys

Yard/Meter

Meter/Yard

200 Medley Relay

1.115

0.8969

200 Freestyle

1.108

0.9025

200 Individual Medley

1.111

0.9001

50 Freestyle

1.119

0.8937

100 Butterfly

1.114

0.8977

100 Freestyle

1.111

0.9001

500 Freestyle/400 Freestyle

0.8780

1.139

200 Freestyle Relay

1.116

0.8961

100 Backstroke

1.111

0.9001

100 Breaststroke

1.110

0.9009

400 Freestyle Relay

1.114

0.8977

Example 1: A male 50-yard freestyle time of 23.78 is multiplied by 1.119 to yield a 50-meter time of 26.61 (26.6098 rounded to the nearest 0.01).

Example 2: A female 400-meter freestyle time of 4:27.47 is changed to seconds (4 X 60 sec/min + 27.47 = 267.47 sec) and multiplied by 1.140 to yield a 500-yard time of 304.92sec, which converts to 5:04.92.(304.9158 is rounded to 304.92 and that number is converted to minutes and seconds.)